A key point among collectors of older, especially mono recordings, is that they are after the original or mixed-to-mono sound but also as processed through tube equipment or, later, tube-in-transition equipment. Making mono LPs through a digitized system violates this idea completely. This is true for present day buyers who bother to think it through. But then, there are Elvis-obsessed buyers who prefer to collect a second issue Peruvian Elvis 45 than music by other artists. They like music and have other records but their collecting focus remains on Elvis. Same on this new Beatles LP set? Steve Smolian -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Urbahns Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 10:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] hardcore collector object fetishism - Beatles in Mono LP set Lou Judson wrote: > I don't see the point of the reissued Lps, but then that is just me. Believe if or not some people still collect vinyl! Paul Urbahns Radcliff, Ky